On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:38:06 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: >So-called "unsigned packed-decimal" data is mis-leading >at best because it cannot be used in any packed decimal >arithmetic or compare operations....
Unsigned-Packed-Decimal was introduced in the sixth edition of the z/Architecture Principles of Operation, SA22-7832-05, along with the Decimal-floating-point facility. The publication date is April, 2007 -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
